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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Defects for the abatement of which Notices
were served during the year 1924.
Drains and Soil Pipes— Flushing Apparatus—
Cleansed 457 Repaired 338
Repaired 537 New provided 386
W.C. Pans or Traps— Water Supply provided 18
Cleansed 55
Repaired 79 Yard Paving—
New provided 100 Repaired 691
Surface Gullies- New provided 288
Cleansed 3 Defects remedied in—
Repaired 12 Roofs 3387
New provided 4
Floors 1233
Sinks and Sink Pipes— Staircases 961
Cleansed 132 Windows 1944
Repaired 195 Doors 1629
New provided 14 Fireplaces 1679
Walls and Ceilings 5100
Stack Pipes and Rain-
Water Gutters—
Ditches, urinals, etc.—
Cleansed 986 1
1285 Repaired
Repaired 1285 15
Animals improperly kept
New provided 6
Offensive Accumulations 75
Water Fittings and Overcrowding 42
Cisterns— Smoke Nuisance 44
Cleansed 102 Dust Receptacles 073
Repaired 214 Rooms Disinfected 2388
New provided 1
It frequently happens that a single sanitary notice
specifies many defects needing abatement.